, 1887-10-18
MODERN CAPT. KYDD.
Officials, Guided by Sterry, Find
Jones' Hidden Treasure.
The Missing Haas levels and Other
Stolen Property Found.
Young Sterry, Alleged Horse Thief,
COntradicts Himself.

Sunday morning Ben Smalley and Joe
Fisher escorted Sterry, the member of
the escaped quartette who was captured
in Denver, to the stable where the boy
stated that the wizard burglar had
'sorung a plant" upon the night of the
jail delivery.
During the stroll Sterry incidentally
pointed out the course taken by himself
and his companions Immediately after
their departure from the county jail. He
said that they proceeded through the
alley in the rear of the court house to
either O'Neil or Bent street, when Nc
Coy and Leroy, who were running in ad-
vance of himself and Jones, disappeared
in a %northerly direction. The remaining
couple continued westward until the barn
where the burglar was in tie habit of de-
posting his collateral was reached. Sterry
states that Jones grubbed about in a pile
of offal for a few minutes, stealthily put
something in his pocket and said: Its
gone. Some thief has robbed me- They
then walked to a point on Eighteenth
street near the gas house, where Jones
reached under a sidewalk and produced
footwear for the pair.
The officers could scarcely believe that
Jones would SO far forget himself as to
conceal anything where it could be
stumbled upon by anyone except himself,
and began searching the barn for the
hidden treasure. 1t was soon unearthed
and was discovered to consist of two
leather covered toilet set cases. In one
was a HAIR brush and hand mirror. Its
mate contained, beside the missing Haas
Jewels, a miscellaneous collection of chains,
watches, rings. charms, etc., which would
sell for perhaps $40. The Haas jewelry
was not pawned by the judicious burglar
for the reason that each piece bore the
initial or full name of the family from
which it was stolen. In the receptacle
containing the section of a pawn brokers'
establishment, was several poems clipped
from various newspapers, proclaiming that
the brilliant thief was a man of literary
taste.
The various contradictory statements
made by young Sterry tend to strengthen
the original belief OF the officers that he
is a liar of the Charley Beck school.
When Smalley interviewed the lad in
Denver he asserted that Jones secured
the jewelry plant and that the pair
then wendell their way to the stock
yards where the separation took
place. While en- route to Cheyenne the
boy altered his story, saying that he had
Intentionally falsiied In the prior CONVEX
sation on account of the presence of Chief
Brady, Of Denver, whom he asserted had
abused him. The modified narrative was
to the effect that the comrades had left
the s~tockyards and proceeded toward
Denver, walking until daylight, when
they took refuge in a deserted ranch
building, and thus the Journey was con-
tinued until Greeley was reached and
passed. Here they slept in a cornield for
the greater portion of a day and separated
two hours before shutdown, Sterry leaving
Jones in the field. The alleged horse
thief %stoutlY maintained that this version
OF the Journey was absolutely correct.
From the train, when some fifteen miles
north of Greeley, Sterry, pointing to a
haystack, said: 1--WE slept there the night
before | left Jones. IN that straw pile
you will find our slippers, for that's
where we lett them"
The story Of the trip as amended by
Sterry and related to SmalleY sounds
reasonable enough, but two men who are
as truthful as the ordinary run of mortals,
and could have no object in perverting
the facts IN the case, assured a LEADER
representative that they talked to Sterry
the Friday night following the escape.
They express the opinion that Sterry left
the city on one of Barrett's circus trains.
That Sterry has lied and will lie has been
proven. One OF the men mentioned as
having seen him upon the occasion cited
is well known about town and bears a
most excellent reputation. The other is
a comparative stranger.
Sterry says that the cutting was done
with a pair of scissors. Other prisoners
who were also in a position to observe the
operations of Jones, whom all admit did
the work, say that the instrument used
in ventilating the cell was carried by the
lower tier in the mouth of Jones.
Taken altogether the yarn Of the youth
full prisoner may be classed with the cate
CORY caleld doubtful. .
LenOre h. Murray.
She read to a packed house here and
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